SYNOPSIS

Scripted by Richard LaGravenese, and based on the first of a five-novel series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, about high-school student Ethan Wate who meets and becomes bewitched by Lena Duchannes, a 16-year-old whose family has moved to the small South Carolina town where he lives. The two must confront a curse that has haunted her family for generations as she comes to grips with her powers.

PREVIEW NOTES

• Variety reports that Viola Davis will join the cast in this film which is in development at Warner Bros. and Alcon Entertainment - Richard LaGravenese will direct the film. - 2012-02-02
• Heat Vision reports that Emma Thompson is joining the cast. - 2012-02-10